Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-15
STRUGGLE OF THE GIANTS.

the benefit of the Milwaukee.
STRUGGLE Of THE GIANTS.
Mclaughlin Throws Moth Twice
| Another Contest Tonight.
Between two hundred and three hum
| dred men with their hats on and enjoying
the solace of the weed made up small,
| black group in the vastness Of the expo
sitlon hall last evening when Colonel j.
| II. Mclaughlin. the champion collar
and elbow wrestler of the United States,
and Charles Moth, the champion Greco
Roman wrestler, met in three-style
match. John Prince was selected as
referee.
The first bout was collar and elbow,
both men wearing small jackets. Time
was called at 9:12, and as the wrestlers
secured firm hold on each others
jackets the comparison between them
was especially noticeable. Mclaughlin
was the perfect picture of the Hercules
| that he is, but Hercules out of tri m.
While his ponderous biceps. chest and
| leg muscles showed IN all their SYM
metry. it was evident that they were soft,
and at the belt was a tendency to corpo-
rosity which belongs to the business man
and not the athlete. Moth, on the other
hand, while not making the show of
muscle which his opponent did. was
clearly hard and wiry and IN splendid
competing condition. Where his mus
cles appeared they stood out knotted and
clearly defined and at the waist there was
no stomach to impede his cat-like move
ments.
The contestants tugged a little at
ess with their r0ess fse but aao no ppSe mova
ments of strength were shown
until the third minute, when Mclaughlin
secured a grapevine lock and in flash
Moth was down. But in going he had
turned half around and slippery as an
eel, he broke away. Again Mac caught
Moth with his favorite grapevine, and
again the agile German turned in the air.
A third time they struggled for brief
space, and then Mclaughlin made
lightning trip with a powerful twitch and
Moth landed fairly on his shoulders. The
crowd cheered and commenced to warm
up into considerable enthusiasm. The
time was 5:144.
After a ten minutes breathing spell
they met in the Grnco. Roman, Moths
favorite, and in which he is the acknowl-
edged champion. After a few minutes
close hugging and two or three tugs by
each to test the others stability, Nc
Laughlin turned Moth and sent him
downward. 1t appeared when he started
with his back fairly to the floor as if he
would suffer quick defeat at his own
game, but he whirled in the air and
Struck on his hands and knees. Then as
Mclaughlin tried to turn him he literally
ran out from under the Michigan Hercu-
les and was on his feet before the latter
had. hardly time to regain his own.
Again Moth was forced down by his
powerful antagonists strength and a sec
ond time ne made one OF his surprising
again it appeared as if one or the others
neck would be broken. They turned
and strained and their muscles stood out
like punches of iron. Mclaughlin twice
secured the hold he was after, but Moth
slipped out. Then Mac found his grip
and made spendid turn and force, put
ting Moth on his head but the latter
his shoulders from the floor, and rolled
out from under. Again" and a
third time this was done, and finally both
antagonists came to the floor. Then
Moth for time forced the struggle and
twice he nearly turned Mclaughlin, the
iatter's immense strength alone saving
him. Moth seemed to be, and in. reality
WAS, leading his antagonist to attempt to
catch his neck in full Nelson, $50 that
he might break it and catch the arm
lock. In this ruse he was successful, and
on a third trial, while Mclaughlin had
him in the air. Moth turned and caught
the lock and placed the doughty colonel
ing was loud and long, and Moth was
accorded a notch higher in the public
estimation. The time was 1911.
At the juncture, after the men had re-
tired to rest and rub down, j. G. Farley,
OF San Francisco, appeared and said that
, he had proposed to challenge the winner
of the match, which challenge he then
been informed that Moth had called him
a haymaker, and he was anxious to make
hay of Moth in q wrestling match as soon
J as he could. He was anxious, though, to
: wrestle the winner of the match first.
Moth then said that he had never heard
of the gentleman, Farley. but he would
meet HIM at any time and would wrestle
shape.
} Mclaughlin said that he was
many man but 3 wanted wanted to ' dispose ps
of Moth first. After he had attended to
Moth he would meet the stranger at any
| wrestle both HIM and Moth on the follow
ing night. (Applause.)
( The third bout was then called and the
! men played with each other cautiously
! | for few minutes. Then they closed
and Mclaughlin PIT his grapevine lock
at work. There was a seconds tug anG
J | Moth went in the AIR and down on hi:
back. But he bridged successfully anC
, | got on his feet. The next time, though
, Mclaughlin caught the grapevine loci
| on his antagonist, he threw him on hii
3 side and gradually forced his shoulder
down. The jacket which Moth wore
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